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Ron Miller was a longtime fixture from the Motown songwriting steady, authoring some chart-topping pop classics including Stevie Wonder’s “For Once in my own Life.” Delivered and elevated in Chicago, Miller started writing music as a teenager, you start with an ode to his favorite but hapless Chicago Cubs. After …

From the first ’80s onward, guitarist Kid Congo Power (blessed Brian Tristan) was a unique presence on the nexus where root base music fits punk. Power had unforgettable tenures using the Weapon Membership (which he co-founded with Jeffrey Lee Pierce), the Cramps, and Nick Cave & the Poor Seeds. Nevertheless, …